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Re:A new history of Byzantium reveals the inner workings of ... by KoftaBob on Monday March 14, 2022 @06:15AM (#30670556)
For sure, I should've mentioned that even the quote by Omar itself is suspect in terms of whether it was ever said, let alone whether it was Omar who had anything to do with the demise of the Library of Alexandria.
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